Summarize the impact that government policy and the construction of the transcontinental railroads had on the development of the national market and on the culture of Native American peoples.

150 years ago, the construction of the First Transcontinental Railway was completed in the United States. The implementation of the project has become one of the most ambitious scientific and technological achievements of the United States in the 19th century and has led to a revival of the national economy. However, the construction was mainly carried out in territories captured from the Indians. According to historians, the highway has greatly accelerated the process of extermination and enslavement of the indigenous people of North America, and also contributed to the destruction of natural diversity on the continent.